A press conference was held in Dubrovnik today for the international tour of the Italian ship Goletta Verde, organised by One Adriatic, a network of environmental organisations fighting for an oil-free Adriatic.

Zelena akcija/Friends of the Earth Croatia is happy to invite you to apply for the regional event 'Balkan Youth Climate Movement' camp, to be held from July 25th until July 31st 2016 in the Solar Academy on the Island of Šolta, near Split, in Croatia. The deadline for registrations is May 29th.

After the Italian government banned any new oil and gas platforms at a distance of 12 miles of the coastline, islands and protected areas in the sea, Italian citizens will be deciding this Sunday, April 17 on a referendum whether to remove all existing platforms within the specified distance with the expiry of their concessions.

At Monday , 29. February, in the cinema ''Europa'' Friends of the Earth Croatia has organised a panel discussion on the theme of linking the various actors in terms of action against climate change and the premiere of the film "Ovo mijenja sve / This changes everything" inspired by the book by Naomi Klein.

Today Green Action (Friends of the Earth Croatia) activists performed a protest performance entitled „Climate Chaos“, in Zagreb. The performance was part of the world-wide Day of Action against coal, organized in over 50 countries. This performance illustrated future, but also current, impacts of climate change in Croatia, and the rest of the world.

From September 11th to 12th, Centre for Environment organized a regional conference dedicated to natural resources and energy, which brought together leading civil society organizations in the region that deal with these issues.

From June 30th to July 4th, Zelena akcija, in cooperation with partners from the regional ETNAR project, organized a seminar called „Energy and natural resources transformation in Western Balkans and Turkey“. It was held at the Solar Academy on island of Solta, a regional training center for sustainable development and advocacy, beeing developed in the former army barracks.

in Komolac at the source of the river Ombla, the initiative Srđ is Ours, Green Action activists, in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Right to the City (Pravo na grad), Eko Omblići and Green Sun (Zeleno sunce) supported the citizens of the settlement near Ombla in their fight against the construction of this harmful project.

Green Action welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft EBRD Country Strategy (CS) for Croatia, and thanks the EBRD for the recent consultation workshop organised in Zagreb. Despite the progress made by Croatia towards EU Accession, we believe that there are a number of crucial shortcomings that need to be addressed in the area of environment, and that the EBRD can and must send a strong message to the Croatian government regarding these in its Country Strategy and through its investments.